Third District GOP to convene April 12

Thursday

Apr 3, 2014 at 12:01 AMApr 3, 2014 at 12:39 PM

Delegates of the N.C. 3rd Congressional District Republican Party will convene for the 2014 District Convention on April 12 at 9 a.m., at the Havelock Tourist & Event Center, located at 201 Tourist Center Drive in Havelock.

Bob Pruett

To the editor:

Delegates of the N.C. 3rd Congressional District Republican Party will convene for the 2014 District Convention on April 12 at 9 a.m., at the Havelock Tourist & Event Center, located at 201 Tourist Center Drive in Havelock.

North Carolina state legislators as well as state-wide candidates running for offices will be in attendance. All registered Republicans are welcome to attend.

Convention registration with lunch and beverage is $35. Convention registration only with no lunch is $20. Registration forms and payment instructions can be found or completed online at www.3rdncgop.com/nc-3rd-district-republican-convention. For more information, contact District Treasurer Kim Hendrix at kimhendrix221@aol.com.

According to Kim Cotten-West, N.C. GOP 3rd District chair, “It’s incredible to look back and see what the Republican-controlled legislature and executive administration have been able to accomplish in a year. The North Carolina state business tax climate index has climbed from 44th to 17th in the nation according to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. North Carolina unemployment is at the lowest rate in more than five years at 6.9 percent rather than the 9.5 percent that it was in 2012. They reduced the state personal income tax from the maximum of 7.75 percent to a flat 5.8 percent, capped the gas tax and eliminated the death tax. Lastly, the governor along with legislative leadership recently announced a plan that will increase starting teacher pay by $2,200 this year and by an additional $2,000 the following year. This plan is giving beginning teachers more than a 13 percent raise over the next two years.”

The 3rd Congressional District covers all or a portion of 22 counties across Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington. For more information about the N.C. GOP 3rd District, contact District Chair Kim Cotten-West at (919) 971 5-5828 or kimcottenwest@gmail.com. Also, additional information can be found on the website at www.3rdncgop.com.